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Deanne Johnston

Dr

Deanne Johnston

Senior Lecturer

TELEPHONE
031 260 7766

EMAIL
johnstond@ukzn.ac.za

BIOSKETCH
Dr. Deanne Johnston is a senior lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. With more than a decade of experience in academia and having worked at the South African Pharmacy Council, she is passionate about advancing pharmaceutical education in South Africa. Her hard work and dedication were recognised when she was awarded the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award in 2019 at the 40th Academy of Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa Conference.Deanne completed her PhD in 2018 at the University of the Witwatersrand and her thesis is entitled “Development of a Sustainable Student-run Clinic Serving the Homeless of the Inner City”. This mixed method study that approached the sustainability of services to underserved communities from multiple angles and used a grounded theory approach to develop a framework to support the clinic.With a wealth of experience in teaching pharmaceutics, clinical pharmacy, pharmacotherapy and pharmacy practice Dr Johnston has supervised and mentored numerous students in achieving their postgraduate qualifications.  She has served on local, national and international committees. She has twelve publications in accredited journals and has presented her research at nine local and international conferences.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Pharmacy Education
  • Interprofessional practice and education
  • Practice of pharmacy in South Africa
  • Pharmacist’s role in antimicrobial stewardship
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journals
  1. Johnston, D., Kumar P., Yahya E. Choonara Y. E., du Toit L. C., and Viness Pillay V., 2013. Modulation of the nano-tensile mechanical properties of co-blended amphiphilic alginate fibers as oradurable biomaterials for specialized biomedical application. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 23, pp. 80-102.
  2. Johnston, D., Choonara, Y.E., Kumar, P., du Toit, L.C., van Vuuren, S. and Pillay, V., 2013. Prolonged delivery of ciprofloxacin and diclofenac sodium from a polymeric fibre device for the treatment of peridontal disease. BioMed research international, 2013.
  3. Johnston, D., McInerney, P.A., Fadahun, O., Green-Thompson, L.P., Moch, S., Shiba, P.G. and Magida, A., 2015. Experiences of medical and pharmacy students’ learning in a shared environment: A qualitative study. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 7(2), pp.183-186.
  4. Johnston, D., Khan, R., Miot, J., Moch, S., van Deventer, Y. and Richards, G., 2018. Usage of antibiotics in the intensive care units of an academic tertiary-level hospital. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 33(4), pp.106-113.
  5. Johnston, D.M., Truter, I., Irwin, Y.L., Naidoo, P., Coetzee, B.C. and Basson, W.D., 2018. Pharmacy students’ opinions and experiences working on board the Transnet‐Phelophepa Health Care Trains. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.
  6. Johnston, D., Egan, A. and McInerney, P., 2018. The rise, fall and re-establishment of Trinity Health Services: Oral history of a student-run clinic based at an inner-city Catholic Church. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 44(3), pp.1-21.
  7. Johnston, D., McInerney, P. and Miot, J., 2019. A Profile of the Health of Homeless at an Inner City Primary Health Care Clinic in South Africa. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 30(4), pp.1455-1466.
  8. Johnston, D., McInerney, P. and Miot, J., 2020. Volunteering, health and the homeless–the cost of establishing a student-run primary healthcare clinic serving the inner-city homeless in South Africa. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), pp.1-10.
  9. Johnston, D., McInerney, P. and Thurling, H., 2020. Experiences of the homeless accessing an inner-city pharmacy and medical student-run clinic in Johannesburg. Health SA Gesondheid (Online), 25, pp.1-7.
  10. Johnston, D., McInerney, P. and Moch, S., 2020. Learning experiences of medical and pharmacy students at a student-run clinic in South Africa and the development of a framework for learning. Education for Health, 33(3), p.87.
  11. Majavie, L., Johnston, D. and Messina, A., 2021. A retrospective review of colistin utilisation at a tertiary care academic hospital in South Africa. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 36(1), p.6.
  12. Salau, H.D., Orchard, A., Stacey, S., Varughese, S., Johnston, D. and Khan, R., 2023. Antibiotic usage in a South African paediatric medical ward following the introduction of an antibiotic prescription chart. The Pan African Medical Journal, 45.